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FYI: Do You Know Your Freelancing Rights?

Posted August 29, 2008 in Business, Tools/Resources

Do you know what your legal rights are when you work for hire?

Do you know where you are covered and why?

How do you get a copyright? Is it expensive? Can it be taken away from you? How long does it last?

Do you really know what you are giving away every time you’re paid to create a masterpiece?

All of these are questions that you need to know by heart if you are freelancing. Read on for more information.

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Four Steps for One Great Writing Technique

Posted August 29, 2008 in freelancenews

Four Steps for One Great Writing Technique
One writing technique spans all forms of writing, though, from persuasive copy that sells to advertisements that incite to stories that entertain. It’s storytelling, and it’s a technique that works.

If They Come, You Will Build It

Posted August 28, 2008 in freelancenews

If They Come, You Will Build It
I thought I would give some useful information to any up-and-coming web designers that might be having some trouble finding business and reeling it in.

Web Services I Can’t Live Without As A Web Designer

Posted August 28, 2008 in freelancenews

Web Services I Can’t Live Without As A Web Designer
As web designers and internet enthusiasts we tend to use web applications to safely work without the worry of loosing data due to hardware failure.

Six Firefox 3 SEO Extensions

Posted August 28, 2008 in freelancenews

SEO Tools: Six Firefox 3 SEO Extensions
In this post, we’ll look at six useful SEO add-ons for Firefox 3. In no particular order, here are my favorite Firefox extensions for SEO and internet marketing.

Logo Inspiration For Your Design Blog

Posted August 28, 2008 in freelancenews

Logo Inspiration For Your Design Blog
If you are planning to open a new blog or change the logo of the existing one, you can have some inspiration from this article.

What You’re Missing If You Don’t Challenge Your Clients

Posted August 28, 2008 in freelancenews

What You’re Missing If You Don’t Challenge Your Clients
Clients are very quick to challenge designers on their choices, however the doing the opposite is often met with tension. Because of this tension, some designers eventually give up and let the client dictate the work.

4 Ways Consulting Can Help Your Design Business

Posted August 28, 2008 in Business, Graphic Design, Web Design

I’ve been a freelance web-designer for a couple years now and I recently started offering consulting services. Honestly, at first I didn’t think it would help me get more design gigs, I just thought it would be one more income stream and figured I’d try it since I was already giving advice about design and usability to my clients.

Actually, offering consulting services is probably the best decision I’ve made in my freelance career so far (after going full-time freelance of course) I get more requests for design projects now than before I started offering it. Why?

There are 4 main reasons why I do consulting and how I think it helps my design business. Keep in mind that these can also be applied to any other business like writing, blogging, programming, etc… [Click Here to Read More...]

How to Read

Posted August 28, 2008 in freelancenews

How to Read
Who needs to learn how to read? After all, we all learned how to read fairly early in life, usually in elementary school, right? But do you know how to really read? More importantly, are you really reading?